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| Name | Latest Release | Size (KB) | License | Type | Unit Tests | Docs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Render Engine | 1.5.3 | MIT | Cross-browser; extensive API; open-source. 2 | ||||
| gameQuery | 0.5.1 | CC BY-SA 2.5 | Designed to be used with jQuery | ||||
| gTile | 0.0.1 (2008-07-21) | Tile based | |||||
| Akihabara | 1.3 | GPL2/MIT | Classic Repro | Intended for making classic arcade-style games in JS+HTML5 3 | |||
| The Javascript 2D Game Engine | GPL | Emphasis on gravity/physics/collision detection; uses HTML5 Canvas and ExplorerCanvas for IE support. Focus on limiting CPU usage. 4 | |||||
| The GMP Javascript Game Engine | 1.7.4 (2010-10-31) | GPL2/MIT | Emphasis on speed and simplicity, "easy to learn and use" 5 | ||||
| Crafty | 0.1 | 7.6 | GPL/MIT | Intended to be lightweight and modular 6 | |||
| Effect Games | |||||||
| PropulsionJS | 1.1 | MIT | Uses HTML5 Canvas element. 7 | ||||
| Flax | Apache 2.0 | Not released yet. Uses GWT and HTML5. Focus on web-based gaming for GNU/Linux and Mac OS X. 8 | |||||
| j5g3 | GPLv3 | Still WIP | |||||
| cssgameengine | Aimed for beginners | ||||||
| jsGameSoup | v74 | LGPLv3 | |||||
| Javascript Gamelib | 2.10 | ||||||
| Sarien.net interpreter | GPL | 2D Adventure | |||||
| jGen | Isometric | ||||||
| Isogenic Engine | Isometric | ||||||
| GammaJS | 1.0 | MIT | 2.5D Platform | ||||
| Tom's Halls | 3.0 | Platform | |||||
| Diggy | BSD | DHTML-based, abandoned | |||||
| Impact | Commercial ($99) | 2D | |||||
| Rocket Engine | Commercial | ||||||
| Aves | Commercial? | Obsolete. Company bought by Zynga. | |||||
| Rosewood | 2D | ||||||
| Cocos2D | BSD | 2D | |||||
| GameJS | 20-180 | MIT | 2D | yes | JsDoc and Tutorials | CommonJs; integrates with RingoJs server (optional); similar to PyGame; Canvas only; | |
| xc.js | BSD | 2D | |||||
| vegalib | LPGL | ||||||
| ClanFX | 0.0.1 | Tile based | |||||
| Canvex | FPS | ||||||
| bdge | Demo | ||||||
| js-verge | 2D | Demo | |||||
| FlixelJS | 2D | Demo Port of Flixel (Flash) to JS. Announcement thread. | |||||
| Unity3D | Commercial (free version too) | JS backend | |||||
| SpellScript | Online/MUD | WIP |
Compared to full-fledged game engines these might be missing some features (AI, sound, game logic, network etc.) and you might need to use some other libs to provide these features.
| Name | Latest Release | Size (KB) | License | Unit Tests | Docs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre3d | Demo | |||||
| three.js | MIT | |||||
| C3DL | 2.1 (?) | MIT | ||||
| CopperLicht | 1.3.2 (?) | |||||
| JS3D | 0.1a (2007-02-05) | GPL | ||||
| Sandy 3D | Apparently compiles to JS via Haxe | |||||
| O3D | BSD | |||||
| GLGE | 0.5.2 | |||||
| SpiderGL |
- http://code.google.com/p/box2dweb/ - port of Box2D to JS
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| Name | Latest Release | Size (KB) | License | Unit Tests | Deps | IE | SVG | Docs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| canto.js | 0.15 (2010-10-18) | 56 | yes | ||||||
| fabric.js | 97 | yes | yes | yes | yes | Demo | |||
| gury.js | 10 | no | yes | ||||||
| CAKE | 211 | no | |||||||
| Mootools Canvas Library (MCL) | 8 | Mootools | |||||||
| HTML5 Canvas Library | 12 | ||||||||
| Layered Canvas Library (LCL) | 21 | ||||||||
| Artisan.js | 17 | no | |||||||
| canvg | 78.3 | yes | yes | no | |||||
| burst | 56 | yes | Not maintained anymore | ||||||
| easel.js | 33 | MIT | no | no | no | yes | An attempt to create a Flash like DisplayList API for the Canvas element (making it pretty easy to manage a lot of items). | ||
| processing.js | |||||||||
| toxiclibsjs | LPGL2.1 | Works great with processing.js. | |||||||
| CAAT | MIT | ||||||||
| Unveil.js | |||||||||
| doodle.js | BSD | ||||||||
| canvas_library | Canvas abstraction | ||||||||
| Stackblur | Fast implementation of blur for Canvas | ||||||||
| Pixastic | Basic image manipulation ops | ||||||||
| Raphaël | Designed for drawing vector graphics | ||||||||
| CamanJS | Basic filtering ops for Canvas | ||||||||
| CanvasContext2DWrapper | Method chaining for Canvas |
Note that size comparisons may not be accurate due to compression (some libs don't compress by default).
- WebGLU - WebGL helpers
- color.js - Color management utilities, MIT
- Sylvester - vector & matrix
- PlayMyCode - Online game creation community. Uses Quby (looks like Ruby) and compiles to JavaScript.
- Sphere RPG Engine - Designed for RPG creation. Uses JavaScript to script logic.
- playtomic - Commercial service providing analytics, leaderboards etc. services for games. Provides HTML5/JS API in addition to AS2/AS3 ones.